Evading the public’s all too evasive eye is a skill often showering a breezy fog of failure upon the proponderance of films, especially when said skill is applied to films of a resolutely tantalizing nature, which (and getting to the point) Gravity can indubitably check off the “yeah, I got that” list. Big spectacle, big spectacle, big […]

Reunions with old friends can be something of a double-edged sword. Go in with no expectations and chances are you’ll feel like not a day has gone by since you last saw each other, the bond and chemistry still wonderfully intact. If however you get hooked on nostalgia and try too hard to recreate fond […]

Only God Forgives is a hypnotic, surreal, and dream-like film. Much like Stanley Kubrick’s Eyes Wide Shut (1999), Only God Forgives moves at a slow pace with steady camera work and engrossing imagery. Refn’s previous film, Drive (2011), is an art film that is more accessible to the casual film goer. However, it should be […]

Superman can be a tricky character to nail. Noble, handsome and omnipotent to the point of being near flawless, the character harks back to a time (1938, to be precise) when superheroes were the stuff of novelty and comic book readers would lap up pedestrian displays of superhuman strength and pompous monologues ripe with selfless […]